Thread: Unusual old ammo

I was going through some old estate ammo today and found these, quite interesting.

There must be some really weird ammo floating around from days gone by.....

kynoch 7mm


7mm Kynoch Next to a blank 308


6.5 Jap


6.5 jap next to blank 308


45 AC




8x57 JS


Hard case looking things, anyone else found/seen any old ammo about the place ?

I found an old .270 case the other day. They have been obsolete for years.

I've got some Kynoch 7x57 ammo too, the big old 173gr round nose, came with BSA Hunter I bought years ago and kept it out of interest. Also got given a jar full of different ammo too, in it was 7x61 Sharpe & Hart, 32 auto, 30 carbine and some old Norma 222

Lots of old crap laying around these are 2 old 30-06 one another Kynoch and the other an Imperial the other I think is an 8x57J though not too sure the head stamp is a bit odd 7.9 OR 8MM


The Imperial has a very early plastic tip and the Kynoch a metal tip the other odd ball Kynoch a really long bullet similar to early 6.5x55 ammo

Originally Posted by 7mmsaum

I was going through some old estate ammo today and found these, quite interesting.

There must be some really weird ammo floating around from days gone by.....

kynoch 7mm


7mm Kynoch Next to a blank 308


6.5 Jap


6.5 jap next to blank 308


45 AC




8x57 JS


Hard case looking things, anyone else found/seen any old ammo about the place ?

Got a box full of old and unusual calibers will post some pics shortly and you can guess what they are.

Cheers
Pete

The 6.5 Jap Norma Re would date from the late 60s early 70s maybe a tad later.

Ok take your best shot

Starting from left to right.

Hint: the centre one is the Undisputed Mighty King of Calibers 308 Winchester



Have fun guessing

Cheers
Pete

Originally Posted by muzza

L to R ; .22 Hornet ,25-20 Win ,300 Savage ,.308 Win case , 45-70 Govt , 577 Snider

Good eye @muzza

4 out of 6

45-70govt is incorrect and you missed the one immediately to the right of the 308.

I'm not counting the 308, that's just there for reference

Cheers
Pete

Originally Posted by P38

Good eye @muzza

4 out of 6

45-70govt is incorrect and you missed the one immediately to the right of the 308.

I'm not counting the 308, that's just there for reference

Cheers
Pete

8x57?

Originally Posted by Tommy

8x57?

@Tommy

Close enough

It's head stamped 8mm Mauser

Cheers
Pete

With 7.62x39 for reference

With 7.62x39 for reference

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Originally Posted by Tommy

With 7.62x39 for reference

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458 socom

Cheers
Pete

20mm oerlikon

When people are doing their compulsory 30 shots for their anual hunting permit over here,they turn up with all shorts of ammo.The oldest batch I have seen is one bloke shooting off 6.5X55 ammo from 1919.All of it went off too.

Each year a few people fire 308W in a 3006.Being confused as its 7.62.

In a mauser action it goes well,the case walls blow straight and the bullet even hits the target.It didn't go so well for a guy using a Tikka T3 though.Gas vented back down the action, the plastic bolt stop melted burning his face.